A Gist of Tiger Solanki

Mt Hampta pass
The trekkers, mesmerized by raising clouds in Himalayas. 

Dr Dhanya SM on her first ever to
expedition Himalayas

In the mountains the greenery mesmerize any person and the clouds can capture your imagination of been in heaven. But all together it was different experience of trekking amidst the clouds which give a sense of contentment and jittery moments when you don’t see your co-trekker, but still it excites you differently says Dr Dhanya Soodana Mohan, a Pediatrician of Mysore City who was on her first ever trekking expedition to Himalayas.

It was about Seventeen youths from Mysore, Bangalore, Coorg, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat who went on a mission to explore the hazy paradise in the Himachal Pradesh amidst the speculation from media and apprehension in the minds of the parents that, was this expedition necessary to go in this season when you have such huge adversaries been advised by the media about the falling stones, falling bridges and bad weather in Manali.

Zenith Base camp @ Sarsai, Manali 

But Tiger Solanki of Tiger adventure foundation says this is normal challenges you have in mountain when you go there, you got to live with it which is part and parcel of your  life you have to face it with grit determination and come out of it.

The team left Mysore on 21^st July 2018 to Manali via Delhi amidst speculations of rain and shine but it didn’t lost the track of the mission Mt Hampta Pass in Kullu Manali region and successfully crossed to the Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh on 27^th July 2018 despite rain and showers in the mountains which is usual phenomenon says Mr Harshavardhan of Mysore.

The team reported to the Zenith Base camp in sarsai village and had acclimatized by going to a height of 1000 feet to Roerich Art Gallery in Naggar town.

On the way to Summit 

The team started the trek from Zobru Nala amidst showers and reached the Chikka camp site. The next day the trek to Balu ka Ghera is supposed to be challenging one as one has to cross the nala or streams which run down the knee deep to waist level depending upon the height of the person, that too gushing water down the stream from the melting glaciers above the mountains, which can be measured to minus degree Celsius and it freezes the blood in the legs specially and the experience which can send shiver down the spine says Mr Kushal Shankar of NIE College.

As we had planned to summit on Mt Hampta Pass on 26^th July 2018, the torrential rains had deterred our plans and we had to stay back in the Balu ka Ghera for additional day and confined ourselves inside the tents playing some indoor games etc.

The in copious rains were blessing in disguise as it stopped it opened a Pandora of hidden treasure in the mountains as we could see the snow fall and when the sky was clear, we could see different mountains  ranges  like Indra Kila, Indrasen and many such mountainous range which could open a Pandora of box in your mind.

Tiger Adventure foundation team @ Mt Hampta Pass 

On 27^th July 2018 we left the Summit camp at 6.50am for the Mt Hampta Pass amidst the sun shine and showers and heavy clouds surrounding us near the summit gave a jittery feeling of losing the fellow trekker from the sight gave a sense of insecurity feeling among the fellow trekkers but nevertheless the organizers had the radio walkie talkie covering from the one end to the other end and we been amidst them gave sense of secured feeling, it was grueling 6 hours trek from the Balu ka ghera to summit, as we summit at 1pm, the showers were blessing in disguise and the descent became little daisy but nevertheless it was good experience says Ms Vibha Prasad of Mysore.

As we descended we were in spiti valley and reached Shea goru camp site and the camp site near the Shea River which mesmerizes the trekkers with its beautiful landscape from gravel to the different formation like Lord ganesha in gravel is clearly visible in front of your campsite and Heart symbol in the glaciers, Gate way to heaven some imaginary formations are worth watching there says Mr Yash Mehta.

On 28^th July 2018, we started our descent to the Chatru which was just another adventure of crisscrossing Shea River and streams which was more than freezing but by this time were acclimatize and it was fine going but the road ahead of the chatru gave the sense it was done for the day and we are back to the habitation. 

We reached the Base camp amidst the heavy drizzle and rain and the bumpy ride in the Tata sumo gave a insight of ride in the hilly region and rains were blessing in disguise where we could see various water falls from as high as 80 feet to different milky waves flowing down the stream to the other main river Chandra.

There were 9 members from Mysore and 4 from Bangalore 1 from Coorg, 1 from MP and 1 from Gujarat and 1 from HP.

The team also visited the rashtrapati bhavan before embarking for the expedition.

The team members were Ms Deeksha Janardhan, Mr Kushal Shankar, Mr Yash Mehta, Ms Palak Mehta, Ms.Yesha Rathod, Mr Devendra Tiwari, Mr Shaurya pratap Singh,  Mr Vishal Kothari, Ms Saloni singhvi, Ms Nellamakada Ria Bopanna, Ms Sanjana Khanter, Ms Paavana Srinivas, Mr Harshavardhana, Ms Vibha Prasad, Ms Rithu Jain, Mr D S D Solanki and Dr Dhanya SM